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Type Approval for DR Congo

Type Approval procedures in Congo Democratic Republic are following the European Union compliance procedures, IB-Lenhardt AG collaborating with local partners that are legally registered at Ministry Autorité de Régulation de la Poste et des Télécommunications du Congo (ARPTC) in Kinshasa, to grant the product conformity which intended to be in the local market. Good to know that the label can be generated using the tool in our system TAMSys immediately once the certificate is received and uploaded. Our competent and professional team is surely ready to support you to identify applicable requirements for your specific product or technology feature to comply with current regulations in safety, EMC, wireless, etc.

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Requirements at a Glance

Necessity: Mandatory
Authority: ARPTC See authority ↓
Local Representative: Required
In-Country Testing: No
Average lead time for radio type approval: 12 Weeks
Validity Period of Certification: 24 Months up to 60 months, depending on technology

Labeling Requirements: DR Congo

ARPTC Homologation

Product Label Required ✓
QR Code Labeling Not required
Manual Label Mark Required Not required
Manual Statement Digital Allowed Not required
Manual Label Mark Digital Allowed Not required
Additional labeling requirements not verified

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A. Wiedenkofer

Sales Manager Testing and Certification

+49 6894 38938-0

Regulatory Authorities

Autorité de Régulation de la Poste et des Télécommunications du Congo (ARPTC)

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Country Information

Country calling Code: +243
Country Code ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: CD
Country Code ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: COD

Currency: Congolese franc
Continent: Africa
Capital: Kinshasa

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Regulatory Updates: DR Congo

2020-07-14

New validity period for type approval certificate

As previously released as an advanced notice on 26th of September 2019, the new regulation regarding the validity period of type approval certificates has come into force.L’Autorité de Régulation de la Poste et des Télécommunications du Congo (ARPTC) has recently published...

2019-09-26

Certificates: New validity period

Advance notice: New validity period for ARPTC certificates. Up to now, certificates' validity was set to 10 years. Based on an internal research, a new regulation will become in force in near future; namely: Certificates for modules will have a...

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Products and Technologies

Our offers and services may vary depending on the country. Please contact us for specific details.

Automotive

Radar: 24 GHz, 64 GHz, 77 GHz, 79 GHz, UWB
Radio key: 315 MHz, 433 MHz, 868 MHz
Keyless Go: 125 kHz, 13,56 MHz
Tire pressure sensors: 125 kHz, 315 MHz, 433 MHz, 868 MHz
Entertainment: 2,4 GHz

Industry

Radar: 64 GHz, Tank Level, Position radar
Wireless-M-Bus: 315 MHz, 433 MHz, 868 MHz
Wireless-CAN-Bus: 2.4 GHz
RFID + NFC: 125 kHz, 13.56 MHz, 868 MHz
UWB Devices: 24 GHz, 60 GHz, 79 GHz

Consumer

WirelessHD: 60 GHz
WLAN: 2.4GHz, 3 GHz, 5 GHz, 10 GHz
Bluetooth: 2.4 GHz
Zigbee: 868 MHz, 2.4 GHz

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